Gary Cooke's Trailblazers: music journalist Neil McCormick

Neil McCormick was born in England but later moved with his family to Scotland, then Ireland. He attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin at the same time as all the future members of U2. He is a music journalist, author and broadcaster and has been the chief music critic for The Daily Telegraph since 1996. He presented a music interview show for Vintage TV in the UK, Neil McCormick's Needle Time.